“We haven’t seen them, so we have to go with what Ron Turner has done in the past,” Maryland defensive coordinator Brian Stewart said.

Turner has coached at Illinois and in the NFL.

“You kind of put all that stuff together,” Stewart said. “From what we hear, they’re a West Coast Offense. West Coast offense is the quick passing game where you want to get 4 or 5 yards every time on first down so you’re on schedule at second-and-5.”

Sleeping on the job

There is a stereotype of the harried college football coach who habitually sleeps in his office.

Except it’s not just a stereotype. It happens regularly.

Among those never leaving the office was Stewart.

“Last year I slept in the office the whole time. I’m 48 now. I probably looked like I was 78.”

He said the sound of vacuum cleaners inside Gossett Football Team House would wake him up around 4:30 a.m.

Stewart, in his second Maryland season, has adopted a new sleeping strategy. He and receivers coach Lee Hull have been heading to a nearby dormitory.

“I went to the dorms because I got tired of hearing the vacuum cleaner," Stewart said. "Me and Coach Hull would go over there together. But he had his room, I had my room. Once you’re over 30, it’s not good to have a roommate.”

“When I walked into a meeting, the very first thing that came out of (coach Randy Edsall’s) mouth was that I was going to be starting at guard and was being put on scholarship,” Dunn said Wednesday. “It’s two of the best things that could happen here. I was just smiling for the rest of the meeting.”